Robot-assisted surgery (RAS) is one of the most advanced tools in modern medicine. These systems give surgeons extreme ...

Twenty-five years after the government's first push to digitize the NHS, an investigation by The BMJ reveals that only about ...

A study of nearly 100,000 adults treated for suspected infection suggests that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a ...

A person having a heart attack may be only feet from medical care but miles from the laboratory testing needed to confirm it.

Vaccine manufacturer Moderna said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its new influenza ...

Neck and back pain could be caused by changes in gene activity that trigger the breakdown of the spine's natural shock absorbers, new research suggests.

The world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health ...

Thanks to antiretroviral therapy and improved control of viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV), people living with HIV generally live longer and healthier lives. However, liver disease remains common in this ...

Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

Protecting children is a shared responsibility, says health and rehabilitation sciences Ph.D. candidate Meron Mengistu. As a graduate researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of ...

Health systems and hospitals are widely adopting AI solutions in administrative and clinical workflows, but there are significant gaps in strategy, validation, testing environments and success ...

In the 1970s, PVC bags revolutionized the storage of blood and blood products for transfusion. Disposable plastic (PVC) bags replaced reusable glass bottles, making the process more convenient and ...